This film is widely blamed for bankrupting its maker, D.W. Griffith and, despite its modern reputation as a ground-breaking cinematic achievement, was considered an epic failure when originally released. Its massive losses were due to two factors. First, estimates of its production budget run as high as $8 million (an impossible sum to recoup in 1916); second, it was an openly "preachy" film promoting tolerance when almost every nation on Earth was engaged in World War I; a time when few moviegoers were interested in (or tolerant of) its message of pacifism.

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